You Better Work

I always forget how much I love Peter Murphy. He came on the radio this morning, and I remembered.

I never forget how much I love RuPaul.

RuPaul came to my attention in the 80s, a couple of years before he popped up dancing in a B-52s video. I can’t remember how I knew of him–it probably had something to do with my Andy Warhol obsession. I remember being excited that he’d made it into a music video. And you know that his song Supermodel was my interior theme music, don’t you?

I loved his look, loved his act, loved his charisma (and his uniqueness, nerve, and talent.) It wasn’t until the internet that I got to find out how much I love his attitude. RuPaul presents a lovely personhood. I haven’t ever met him, so I can’t vouch for how closely life imitates his art, but I buy into…